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President Joseph McFadden
BOD considers issues
Volume 77, Issue 3 Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 September 22, 1977
President notes impressions, goals
by Jerry Braun
"I'm very pleased with the sense of
pride and dedication that I'm finding
here. People are genuinely happy to
be here and they are very, very con-cerned
about the future of Northern
State College and very committed to
the institution," stated Dr. Joseph
McFadden, president of Northern.
Dr. McFadden expressed his early
impressions of Northern and his goals
for the coming year in a Monday eve-ning
interview.
"Students, faculty and townspeople
are 100 percent behind the institu-tion.
They want it to be as good as it
can be and something significant."
McFadden said that it was a bonus
to be able to come back to the Mid-west
because he feels that it is more
difficult to form a real sense of com-munity
in the more cosmopolitan
Eastern part of the country.
"Northern is the kind of place
where my experience will be helpful
to both the institution and to me. I
like the challenge, the size of the col-lege
and the people I have met. They
are all the kind of people I feel I can
work with," he said.
Dr. McFadden sees his main goal
for the year as being twofold. It is to
first become familiar with the history
of Northern so that he may, in turn,
come to know what people think are
the issues and priorities of the future.
Secondly, he hopes to seek a consen-so
among the various aspects of
Northern's college community in an
effort to work toward a set of priori-ties
which will help Northern move
forward.
"I've got to get the whole com-munity
working behind me. I think
everyone is expressing a sense of ap-prehension
about the future and so, I
think ghat one of my major jobs is to
identify a specific path that we can
work towards as Northern moves into
the higher education of the 1980's."
Commenting on the recent Board
of Regents meeting held in Rapid City,
Dr. McFadden said, "The Board of Re-gents
supported a strong recommen-dation
of salary increases for the
A five-man committee chaired by
Student Association vice-president
Mike Rausch has established guide-lines
for the September 28 special
election that will be held to replace
Commissioner of Housing and Stu-dent
Services Gayle Eberhart who has
resigned following a car accident.
Any full-time student wishing to
faculty. They supported a 20 percent
increase and I was particularly
pleased with that because there is no
question in my mind that the salary
level of the faculty is very low.
"There have been salary studies
comparing the salaries of South
Dakota public institutions with re-gional
public institutions, and they
show that we are 25 percent behind.
"I think that the people here
(faculty) have a special kind of dedi-cation,
but they also deserve con-sideration
because there is a limit to
the sacrifices that they can make, and
there is no question in the minds of
the faculty members that they are at
the point when they are making a
sacrifice to be here.
They want to be here, but they
want to be appreciated and not taken
advantage of. We are at the point of
losing some of our most outstanding
faculty members because we are not
able to provide them with a salary
that is anywhere near what they con
command as outstanding profes-sionals.
"The people of South Dakota have
done well. As far as facilities go, they
are really outstanding. Now we've
got to make that same kind of com-mitment
to the faculty. Otherwise, I
think we've really shortchanged our-selves
because we're not going to be
able to hold on to our most talented
faculty members. That means that our
quality of education will be less than
it should be."
Concerning the cuts which were
made in the budget by the Regents
for the forthcoming year, McFadden
said, "I think that it is time to sacrifice
a little bit in the other categories.
None of these projects were on the
crisis proportion that could not be de-layed
and come back to in the future.
"As for as I was concerned, from
the perspective of Northern State
College, I was most happy with the
action of the Board of Regents in the
budget deliberations last week."
When asked about the role that
faculty and students would play in
policy making processes Dr. McFad-run
for this office should pick up a pe-tition
in the S.A. office. Petitions must
be signed by 100 students taking a
minimum of nine credit hours and
must be returned by September 26.
A series of "sound-offs," during
which all candidates will have the op-portunity
to express their ideas about
student government, are scheduled
7:00 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:15 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
den responded, "I would expect an
opportunity for faculty and students
to provide recommendations on
policy.
"I cannot walk away from respon-sibility.
The final decision rests with
me, but, I intend to seek the reac-
Discussion of possible Union reno-vations,
a strong public relations pro-gram
for the Student Relations sec-tion
of the 1977 Board of Regents
Regulations, and a recommendation
for revision in the academic honors
policy highlighted the Monday night
meeting of the Student Association
Board of Directors.
In his report to the Board, Ski
Youngsma, Commissioner of Enter-tainment,
Activities and Programs,
discussed proposed renovations to
the Memorial Union Building.
Clarence Herges of Herges Kirch-gasler
and Associates outlined the
changes to be made so as to make
the Union more accessible to handi-capped
students on campus. An ele-vator
is proposed for the south side of
the building to provide access to the
to be held in all the dorms on Monday
and Tuesday, September 26 and 27.
Another sound-off will be broadcast
in the Den over KASD-FM on either
Monday or Tuesday. A complete
sound-off schedule is shown below.
The voting will take place in the
Den from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and
in both dining halls during meal
hours. All students are encouraged to
vote. Election committee members
will be responsible for tabulating the
ballots following the election.
Besides Rousch, committee mem-bers
include Pete Mehlhaff, S.A. pres-ident;
Sid Youngsma, Commissioner
of Entertainment, Activities and Pro-grams;
Cindy Zacher, Commissioner
of Curriculum and Communications
and Jim Lovering, Webster sopho-more.
tions, recommendations and opinions
of students and faculty.
"I haven't figured out exactly how
I'm going to do this, but I'm going to
organize my decision making process
in such a way that I have the input of
faculty and students."
Den and second floor.
A tunnel through the bowling area
was also mentioned. The tunnel
would allow handicapped students to
move through the Den to the Post Of-fice
and Bookstore without encoun-tering
architectural barriers. Lower-ing
the height of certain phones so
that they could be used by persons in
wheelchairs was also discussed.
The 1977 Board of Regents Regula-tions,
especially those pertaining to
the Student Relations section were
discussed at some length. Mehlhaff
expressed his belief that students
should be familiar with these regula-tions
in order that they may avoid
conflicts. In a motion made by Mehl-haff,
the Board resolved to publicize
the Regent's guidelines.
Cindy Zacher, Commissioner of
Curriculum and Communications, re-ported
to the Board on her meeting
with the Faculty Senate Subcommit-tee
on the Problems of the Special
Students. Discussed were the incon-sistencies
in policy pertaining to the
Dean's List, Maroon and Gold, and
graduation honors.
While students taking nine semes-ter
hours are considered full-time
students for fee purposes, they are
not considered full-time academical-ly.
The non-traditional student is,
therefore, excluded from most aca-demic
honors.
The BOD will recommend that all
students, as long as they have accu-mulated
60 credit hours and main-tained
the established grade point
average, be eligible for election to
Maroon and Gold. They also recom-mend
that the policy regarding grad-uation
honors be revamped so that
deserving non-traditional students be
included.
SOUND-OFF SCHEDULE
Monday, September 26:
Jerde Hall
MacArthur-Welsh Hall
Briscoe Hall
Tuesday, September 27:
Kramer Hall
Steele Hall
Lindberg Hall
Committee establishes guidelines

President Joseph McFadden
BOD considers issues
Volume 77, Issue 3 Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 September 22, 1977
President notes impressions, goals
by Jerry Braun
"I'm very pleased with the sense of
pride and dedication that I'm finding
here. People are genuinely happy to
be here and they are very, very con-cerned
about the future of Northern
State College and very committed to
the institution," stated Dr. Joseph
McFadden, president of Northern.
Dr. McFadden expressed his early
impressions of Northern and his goals
for the coming year in a Monday eve-ning
interview.
"Students, faculty and townspeople
are 100 percent behind the institu-tion.
They want it to be as good as it
can be and something significant."
McFadden said that it was a bonus
to be able to come back to the Mid-west
because he feels that it is more
difficult to form a real sense of com-munity
in the more cosmopolitan
Eastern part of the country.
"Northern is the kind of place
where my experience will be helpful
to both the institution and to me. I
like the challenge, the size of the col-lege
and the people I have met. They
are all the kind of people I feel I can
work with," he said.
Dr. McFadden sees his main goal
for the year as being twofold. It is to
first become familiar with the history
of Northern so that he may, in turn,
come to know what people think are
the issues and priorities of the future.
Secondly, he hopes to seek a consen-so
among the various aspects of
Northern's college community in an
effort to work toward a set of priori-ties
which will help Northern move
forward.
"I've got to get the whole com-munity
working behind me. I think
everyone is expressing a sense of ap-prehension
about the future and so, I
think ghat one of my major jobs is to
identify a specific path that we can
work towards as Northern moves into
the higher education of the 1980's."
Commenting on the recent Board
of Regents meeting held in Rapid City,
Dr. McFadden said, "The Board of Re-gents
supported a strong recommen-dation
of salary increases for the
A five-man committee chaired by
Student Association vice-president
Mike Rausch has established guide-lines
for the September 28 special
election that will be held to replace
Commissioner of Housing and Stu-dent
Services Gayle Eberhart who has
resigned following a car accident.
Any full-time student wishing to
faculty. They supported a 20 percent
increase and I was particularly
pleased with that because there is no
question in my mind that the salary
level of the faculty is very low.
"There have been salary studies
comparing the salaries of South
Dakota public institutions with re-gional
public institutions, and they
show that we are 25 percent behind.
"I think that the people here
(faculty) have a special kind of dedi-cation,
but they also deserve con-sideration
because there is a limit to
the sacrifices that they can make, and
there is no question in the minds of
the faculty members that they are at
the point when they are making a
sacrifice to be here.
They want to be here, but they
want to be appreciated and not taken
advantage of. We are at the point of
losing some of our most outstanding
faculty members because we are not
able to provide them with a salary
that is anywhere near what they con
command as outstanding profes-sionals.
"The people of South Dakota have
done well. As far as facilities go, they
are really outstanding. Now we've
got to make that same kind of com-mitment
to the faculty. Otherwise, I
think we've really shortchanged our-selves
because we're not going to be
able to hold on to our most talented
faculty members. That means that our
quality of education will be less than
it should be."
Concerning the cuts which were
made in the budget by the Regents
for the forthcoming year, McFadden
said, "I think that it is time to sacrifice
a little bit in the other categories.
None of these projects were on the
crisis proportion that could not be de-layed
and come back to in the future.
"As for as I was concerned, from
the perspective of Northern State
College, I was most happy with the
action of the Board of Regents in the
budget deliberations last week."
When asked about the role that
faculty and students would play in
policy making processes Dr. McFad-run
for this office should pick up a pe-tition
in the S.A. office. Petitions must
be signed by 100 students taking a
minimum of nine credit hours and
must be returned by September 26.
A series of "sound-offs," during
which all candidates will have the op-portunity
to express their ideas about
student government, are scheduled
7:00 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:15 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
den responded, "I would expect an
opportunity for faculty and students
to provide recommendations on
policy.
"I cannot walk away from respon-sibility.
The final decision rests with
me, but, I intend to seek the reac-
Discussion of possible Union reno-vations,
a strong public relations pro-gram
for the Student Relations sec-tion
of the 1977 Board of Regents
Regulations, and a recommendation
for revision in the academic honors
policy highlighted the Monday night
meeting of the Student Association
Board of Directors.
In his report to the Board, Ski
Youngsma, Commissioner of Enter-tainment,
Activities and Programs,
discussed proposed renovations to
the Memorial Union Building.
Clarence Herges of Herges Kirch-gasler
and Associates outlined the
changes to be made so as to make
the Union more accessible to handi-capped
students on campus. An ele-vator
is proposed for the south side of
the building to provide access to the
to be held in all the dorms on Monday
and Tuesday, September 26 and 27.
Another sound-off will be broadcast
in the Den over KASD-FM on either
Monday or Tuesday. A complete
sound-off schedule is shown below.
The voting will take place in the
Den from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and
in both dining halls during meal
hours. All students are encouraged to
vote. Election committee members
will be responsible for tabulating the
ballots following the election.
Besides Rousch, committee mem-bers
include Pete Mehlhaff, S.A. pres-ident;
Sid Youngsma, Commissioner
of Entertainment, Activities and Pro-grams;
Cindy Zacher, Commissioner
of Curriculum and Communications
and Jim Lovering, Webster sopho-more.
tions, recommendations and opinions
of students and faculty.
"I haven't figured out exactly how
I'm going to do this, but I'm going to
organize my decision making process
in such a way that I have the input of
faculty and students."
Den and second floor.
A tunnel through the bowling area
was also mentioned. The tunnel
would allow handicapped students to
move through the Den to the Post Of-fice
and Bookstore without encoun-tering
architectural barriers. Lower-ing
the height of certain phones so
that they could be used by persons in
wheelchairs was also discussed.
The 1977 Board of Regents Regula-tions,
especially those pertaining to
the Student Relations section were
discussed at some length. Mehlhaff
expressed his belief that students
should be familiar with these regula-tions
in order that they may avoid
conflicts. In a motion made by Mehl-haff,
the Board resolved to publicize
the Regent's guidelines.
Cindy Zacher, Commissioner of
Curriculum and Communications, re-ported
to the Board on her meeting
with the Faculty Senate Subcommit-tee
on the Problems of the Special
Students. Discussed were the incon-sistencies
in policy pertaining to the
Dean's List, Maroon and Gold, and
graduation honors.
While students taking nine semes-ter
hours are considered full-time
students for fee purposes, they are
not considered full-time academical-ly.
The non-traditional student is,
therefore, excluded from most aca-demic
honors.
The BOD will recommend that all
students, as long as they have accu-mulated
60 credit hours and main-tained
the established grade point
average, be eligible for election to
Maroon and Gold. They also recom-mend
that the policy regarding grad-uation
honors be revamped so that
deserving non-traditional students be
included.
SOUND-OFF SCHEDULE
Monday, September 26:
Jerde Hall
MacArthur-Welsh Hall
Briscoe Hall
Tuesday, September 27:
Kramer Hall
Steele Hall
Lindberg Hall
Committee establishes guidelines